“When I was 15 years old in the 60s and approached my high school principal to play on the tennis team, I was told that this was impossible and that we’d never have girls sports because girls were too fragile and weak to compete,” she said.

“This experience ignited a determination for equal opportunity that has lasted throughout my life.”

Schafer, D-Wheat Ridge, is one of the sponsors of a resolution to be heard at 9 a.m. Friday at the legislature honoring the 40th anniversary of passage of Title IX and the NCAA Women’s Basketball[4] Championship coming to Denver. Title IX, which became law in 1972,[5] directed public schools to provide equal opportunity for females in sports.